Toy-house construction



A. H. BERGIVIANN.

TOY HOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED IAN.3I, 1921.

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ATTORNEY.

' A. H. BERGMANN.

TOY HOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED' IAN.3I, I92I.

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Application tiled January Si, 1921. Serial No. @LSI-l2.`

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, ANDREW H. BERG- MANN, of the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in rFoy-House Constructions, ofwhich the following is a specification.

rllhis invention relates in general to combined playthings and` educationary devices.

1t more especially appertains to a knock- `down toy log-cabin.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an improved device of the character described a'ording a miniature reproduction of a log-cabin such as was inhabited by early settlers or pioneers.

Another object is to produce a device of the nature set forth capable' of having the parts thereof securely joined to one another 'so as to form a self-sustaining structure which when required may also be taken i apart and stored within a container of small compass.

A further object lis the provision of a device of the type specified, wherein the receptacle in which the disassembled structural units are stored may be used as a foundation ,for the erected structure, thus enabling the ensemble to be moved about as a whole without danger of collapsing.

Still another object is the production of a device of the class mentioned, including Va joint for the corners of the structure einbodying a novel form of interengaging mortise and tenon that will so securely connect with one another as to require no additional means to keep the parts together.

A still further object in producing a device of the species referred to, is so to construct and arrange the elements composing the joints as to permit the same to be incorporated in log members of round or any other sectional coniguration.`

An additional object is to supply a device of the genus alluded. to comprising a minimum number of parts, plain,.durable and amenable to low cost of manufacture. as also easily assembled in a manner that will be clearly understood by the average child without demonstration, simply by following directions furnished.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the specification proceeds.

With the aforesaid-objects in view, the

str-.ematica of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug.. 8', 922@ invention consists of .the-novel combinations and arrangements of arts hereinafter described in their pre erred embodiments, pointed out 'in the subjoined claims and illustrated on the annexed drawing, Wherein like parts are designated by the same reference characters throughout 'thev several views.

ln the said drawings Figure l is a perspective view of this improved toy-cabin, shown assembled u n the cover of its container, parts being bro en away to expose the interior;

Fig. H isla transverse sectional view of the before described assemblage, the section bein taken irregularly through a windowy opening of the toy-cabin; y

Fig. Hl is also a sectional view, like the one last named, but showing the dismantled elements of the structure packed in the container basel; t

Fig. )lV is a perspectiveview of the toycabin, partially assembled, showing the means for securing the door and window frames in position; j j

Fig. V is an enlarged perspective view showin in spaced superposed relation the' joints or coupling thecorners of the structure when the members comprising the same are of circular cross-section; and

Fig. Vl is asimilar 'view to the receding, illustrating the corner connection between straight-sided members;

Concisely described, the device under consideration includes in its organization a container, as a box having a reversible lid or cover, the box being adapted to receive' the several elements from which the cabin is constructed, includin door, window, gable, roof and chimney e ements. lin the container is also stored a number of blocks. representing logs of various lengths for the sides and ends of the cabin and forinsertion between the door, window 'and corners of the structure, these logs having interengaging means formed wholly within themselves whereby the structuralparts are securely bound ltogether as the building is erected upon the reversed cover, without the f use of extraneous fastenings of any kind whatever.

The erection of the cabin, although simple and elemental in itself, calls for the eX- ercise of moderate ingenuity, imagination andl judgment, tending to inculcate skill,

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' faces, nearthe ends thereof, for a purpose4 same general description as A2, but relativemerely asshowin'g the sense of proportion and discernment in the v mind of the juvenile builder, as well as affording a highly attractive form of amusement.

The advantages of the invention as here outlined arebest realized when all of its features and instrumentalities are combined in the onev and same structure, but, useful devices may be produced embodying less than the whole.'

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, upon becoming conversant with the details thereof, that the same may be incorporated in several different constructions. The accompanying drawings, therefore, are submitted preferred exemplification of the invention. l

Referring now -to the aforesaid views of the drawings for a detailed description of the invention, the members comprising the s employed to form the walls o'f the toy ain have been lgenerally given thereferencecharacter while the diii'erent parts thereof are denoted by a suilix ordinal.

Thus A1 designates a pair'of longitudinal members, the same being referably of half round section', as shown, or a purpose that will be more fully hereinafter referred to.

Disposed in. paralljelismdirectly thereabove at the front of the structure are similar but circular sectioned members A2 and A, the latter being provided in its top with a lengthwise running channel 4 (see Fig. IV) the obj-ect whereof will later become appar.- ent. The rear wall is also made up of membersA2 of unbroken lengths.

Shorter members A5 are superposed upon the member A3,- the same having the inner ends thereof 'formed each with a vertical groove 6, the intent of which will be brought out farther on.

The intermediate members A5 and the top one of the rear members A2 are in turn covat the front is provided with a longitudinal channel 8in its lower face, lsimilar but opposed to the channel 4 in thev said member A3. Both the cap members A7 and A9 have crosswise extending slots 10 in their upper later on pointed out. l v

The rear transverse wall of the toy-cabin is built up whollyv of members A11 of the ly shorter in length than the latter', while` at the opposite or front end, the structure includes through members A11, one at the bottom and two at the top, having interposed..

therebetween a bers A12.

The means for joining the members of the toy log-house at the corners is here shown plurality of shorter mema's consisting of a recess 13 formed across the up er half of one member near the end thereo and adapted to receive therein the lower half of the members superlying the same.

The recesses in the several logs are each provided with a notch or4 mortise 14 and a tenon 15, so constructed and arranged that while the notch is located on the exterior side of the log member, midway between the ends of the recess, the tenon is disposed in the central-longitudinal plane of the ,mem-

ber at the upper part of the recess, right angularly to the said notch, as shown most clearly in'Fig.l V. .l v, The notches and tenons are interengaging inasmuch as the notch in a superlying member is capable of receiving the tenon of a sublying one. It is to be noted, that the innerface of the tenon aligns with the bottom of the notch in the same member, while the length and breadth of the tenon as well as thedepth and width of the notch occupy `each about one-third of the recess in all directions.

Notwithstanding that it is preferred to construct the toy-cabin. of round log members'as represented in Fi s. I'to V, itis quite apart when the structure is to be dismantled.-

Although the members and the joints at their intersections have been illustrated and described in con'unction with a toy house, no limitation is intended in this respect, as several other structures both in the line of playthings and useful devices may be made embodying the same type of joints.

At B is indicated a Awindow-frame element, interposed between the members A5, and intermediate the top and bottom ones of the log members A3 and A". Forthe purpose of securing the said window frame in position relatively to the adjacent log members, the-'former is furnishedwith a centrally arranged circumambient rib 16. The vertical portions of the latter are adapted to enterl the oppositely facing grooves 6 in the adjoining members A5,' previously mentioned. The horizontal top and bottom parts of the said rib-16 are received respectively in the channels 4C and 8 of the log vmembers A8 andl A7, referred to hei-einbefore. It will be apparent, that, due to `this arrangement, not only' is the window-frame B malntained in place, but the rib thereof forming the vertical sides of said opening having oppositely facin grooves in the ends thereof, the top an bottom members bounding the horizontal sides of the open- 5 ing being provided in their opposed faces with channels coinciding with said grooves, and a frame receivable in the opening including a circumambient rib capable of ANDREW H. BERGMANN. 

